Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-03
THE CHARTER.
The New Bill for Cities Of
the Second Class.
sonR PROMINENT FEATURES
What tie Powers of the Munich
pality Would be Under the
New Regime.


pality Would be Under the
New Regime.
wheo the Committee OF Citizens, ap-
posn1ed 10 draft . charter tor cities Oh
o. .ecopd class, had finished its iaoors
"a reported, the HERALD gave q sue.
es.ct bat comprehensive stafemen. o.
IA more Important provisions. IL Is
w,n known that many material changes
- -nae in the outlines OF the hrst
Sr.ft Of the instrument, so that tne OIL
- hefore the heLegislature is much differ
e.s iron the original paper. For this rea-
.sa The following resume OF the pro-
psssd eill follow here;
FIRST cities of the second class are de-
s,.d n those having more than 3d. 900
.hehitants, bat not more than l0O, GOO.
Hsc<ions for municipal officers shall
e,ks pasce On the second Monday OF
e.eh even numbered year. The officers
.re 10 be: Mayor, Treasurer who shall
be ex-ofhcio Clerk OF the City
Csuneil, Auditor, City Attorney,
Prosscating Attorney. school Supsr-
iuteu1ent, Chief of Police, Judge
of the Police Court. Five members OF
tAe Board OF Education, seven members
# de Board of Fire and Police Commits
s5uners seven Councilmen-one Coanci'-
- 10 be elected from each ward by the
veoers of snch ward, and two to be
e3ersed 10y tine electors OF the city at
hEEeL
Il i provided that all moneys col,
lscaed for the city shall be pad
orer at the end OF each month.
"a any oficiL collecting moneys and
nes pay il over as provided, is debarred
froa craving HIN salary until he has
naas the proper settlement with the
eay-
The salaries of the officers are fixed
.x- For the Mayer, $500: Treasurer,
$500; Auditor, $500; City Attorney,
$500; Prosecuting Attorney. $500;
Spperintendent Of Schools, 5000; Judge
of Police Court. $500; City License
Tax Collector. $s4O0; City Councilmen.
$500 each; City Surveyor, S24OO; Street
Sapes intendenf, S2400; Health Officer,
SlS0p. Clerk of the Police Court $l2OO;
Chief Of Police, $500; Captain Of Po-
6cn. $500, Policemen $1,000; Mounted
Police. Sl4O0; Caisf Of the Fire Depart
nent, $500. Secretary of the Fire De-
parrDeaf, $l300; Firemen, $40.
Tbe Council IL to meet three times .
wpek. and they shall devote the whole
Of ali DAYS, excepting Sunday aud legal
hclidsyx, between the hours of 9 NJ.
saa re. to the dnsies of the office.
The tax levy is limited to one per
9ty in the city for all purposes includ-
iag TIE improvement and care OF the
ufreefs-
The Conmittee has power ''to open.
eaose, straighten, widen, alter, establish,
Rr16s o. othewise improve and regulate
s9ee4z. alieyA and lanes, and the side
va1ks Of the same"
To regulate the entrance to and ex-
Z iron heaters, lee ;uIe rooms, churches,
pahlie halls, aod buildings. and to pro-
hShit the placing of chairs. stools,
benches, or other obstacles In the halls
Gopen places Of such buildings"
A board of nine directors for the Pub
&c Library is to be appointed by the
Mayor, with the consent of the Council.
Not more than one af such directors
sRaQ be from the members of the City
Counc1l-
The Board of Health is to consist OF
six members, of whom the Mayor Is to
Be ore, the Health Officer, and four
eirizens who shall be physicians. The
ppsers of the Board OF Health are very
oDmpreheasive.
Article ~, section 425. is one which
vii be read with much interest Il
nns n follows:
The City Council shall have power to
have the streets, or any portion OF them,
graded or regarded to the official grade,
psanked, paved, or macsdAmized, piled
sd capped, and to order sewers, cess
pools, manholes, cnlverts. curbiDg. side
walks, and crosswAlks, or any other i'm
provernent, to be constructed therein,
1pun the Joint consent of all the owners
of the land abutting upon said streets, oil
b be benefited by said improvements,
and upon the payment by them of the
cost of such improvements, and upon
sach l5int consent and the pay
ment of the cost therefor, to ordeI
any other work to be done which shall
BE necessary to make and complete the
whole or any portion of sail street; and
In case OF the refusal Of all the owners
of property abutting upon said streets,
q to be benefited By said improvements,
. give their joint consent to the con-
sfrEcrlon Of sand improvements, or any
Of the same, In accordance with the pro-
visions of the general laws provided for
krch purpose. passed or to b. passed by
The Legislature for the Improvement Of
streets IA cities
Al attempted here is to give such
features of the bill as are a marked
change from the present charter of the
cry The other matters proposed are ol
The ordinary routine character, such a
are ct the same general tenor in al
knch Instruments.
L0aacy Examfnost0ns.
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